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I just follow my nose, and ins...

I just follow my nose, and instead of letting someone run my affairs and probably make me wealthy within a matter of years, I've just kept the board of directors down to zero. I make all the decisions, and they can't all be right, and my lifestyle is very expensive, so that means I have to work a lot. It's the opposite side of the coin from sinking back into the recliner and becoming somebody they bury.

Merl Haggard 33 quotes

I'm proud to be an Oakie from...

I'm proud to be an Oakie from Muskogee, a place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse and white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all.

Merl Haggard 33 quotes

No, it's not love, but it's ...

No, it's not love, but it's not bad.

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Despite of all my Sunday learn...

Despite of all my Sunday learnin', toward the bad I kept turning.

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In my life there were a lot of...

In my life there were a lot of situations where I could have been killed or some officer might have been killed chasing me, a lot of things could be different. Now, you know that's experience you can't buy. And it's there in my rearview mirror and I can refer to it in my writing. I have the experience to talk about things some people only imagine.

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Before the Beatles and yesterd...

Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.

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There are so many conditions t...

There are so many conditions to programming in America, where it's dominated by these people that own 800 radio stations that have no idea who to play and who not to play, and they listen to somebody or read somebody else's programming sheet and go by Buck Owens' opinion or something. Eight hundred stations are controlled by some guy that doesn't have a clue as to what to do about music.

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We're turning into the societ...

We're turning into the society that is accepting the force-feed. I don't quite understand why we're going for the things we're going for. There's no process of elimination anymore in music. They have these grooming schools, these things, and they're turning out these clones, and the music is sounding so refined that it's not even interesting.

Merl Haggard 33 quotes

Back when the country was stro...

Back when the country was strong, back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along.

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I think we have to have capita...

I think we have to have capital punishment, I think there has to be something to contain certain people. Those deterrents I think are necessary, especially in prison. You can threaten people for just so long, but they can flip you off and do what they want to; but not if they have to die. I hate it, though, the thought of the death penalty is terrible, but it's completely necessary.

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The turn I made was not the on...

The turn I made was not the one I planned. And I watched my social standing slip away from me, while I watched the bottle slowly take command.

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We don't smoke marijuana in M...

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee, we don't take trips on LSD. We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street, we like living right and free.

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Women are God's last creation...

Women are God's last creation. You suppose he's saying, "What should I do to follow this?" Well, it's really a head -scratcher. I think women are absolutely wonderful. I think this world is going to be governed by women.

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It's a long way from Gracelan...

It's a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the Promised Land, but Jesus finally came to lead him home.

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The thing that bothers me the ...

The thing that bothers me the most is the recklessness and greed of the local ranchers, who run too many cattle back here, choking with waste the creek that runs through my property. There's certain times of day that the cowboys like to send them turds down the river. Them f**kers piss me off. if you gotta mess up the ecology of the world in order to raise a bunch of cows, well eat somethin else. I'm not a fan of the cowboys.

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Staring at the world through t...

Staring at the world through the bottom of a glass, all I see is a man who's fading fast.

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The Captain just gave us our o...

The Captain just gave us our orders, and Mom we must carry them through. I'll finish this letter first chance I get, but for now I'll just say I love you.

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Momma tried to raise me better...

Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried.

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Running down on a way of life ...

Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.

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If I had a choice, and there w...

If I had a choice, and there was a "Y" in the road, I would always take the one that was more fun as opposed to the one that might make me more money.

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